Cancer is something that will have directly or indirectly affected almost everyone who has listened to this podcast. But despite it’s prevalence, lot’s of us know so little about it.
This week, cancer researcher and sport scientist – Dr Ian Lahart – is on the show to talk about exercise and cancer and why exercise can reduce your cancer risk. He’ll explain how different lifestyle factors can contribute to cancer, the types of cancer that respond best to exercise interventions, why exercise can reduce instances of certain cancers but not others, how exercise can benefit patients, why physical activity affects cancer survivorship and lots more.
FFF 048: Running For Your Life – How & Why Exercise Helps Fight Cancer - with Dr Ian Lahart is a post from: Food For Fitness
Dr Brian Wansink is a leading behavioural economist, food psychologist, bestselling author and Director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab at Cornell University.
On this episode of the Food For Fitness Podcast, Brian shares some unique insights from his latest book – Slim By Design – that will make it easy for you to eat healthier-without even noticing that you’re making changes! Brian explains that the easiest, quickest, and most natural way to reverse weight gain is to work with human nature, not against it.
He believes the best way to lose weight isn't to tell people what to do; it's to change their living environments so it becomes mindlessly easy for people to eat healthier.
In this episode, Brian shares some incredibly insightful findings from his lab. For example, did you know that serving your food from the stove away from the dining table will prompt you to eat 19% less food! Or that a person who has breakfast cereal sitting on the worktop on average weighs 21 pounds more than their neighbour who doesn’t? Or that a messy kitchen causes you to snack 44% more often!
It doesn’t get better at work either, Brian explains that people who have snacks in or on the desk reported weighing 15.4 pounds more than those who didn’t. This is an incredibly interesting podcast episode that will make a huge difference to how you set up your home and workplace to help you lose weight! .
FFF 047: Slim By Design, Is Your Home & Office Making You Fat - with Prof Brian Wansink is a post from: Food For Fitness
Robin Sieger is a Scottish professional motivational speaker, former stand-up comedian, cancer survivor, world-record holder (for the coldest round of golf ever played, 18 holes at -26°C), author, and a leading success strategist. His bestselling book Natural Born Winners has been translated into over 20 languages and sold in 90 countries.
In this episode of the Food For Fitness Podcast, Robin shares his top tips on how to achieve success with your health, your fitness, in your relationships and in all aspects of life.
He’ll explain the impact your beliefs have on outcomes, why you shouldn’t be afraid of failure, how to deal with setbacks, how you can beat the fear associated with risks, the secrets used by peak performers tackle to take goals and overcome obstacles, why belief without action is just dreaming and other realistic and insightful mind hacks on how you can achieve success in everything you do. .
FFF 046: How To Create The Life You Want & Deserve, Practical Advice For Achieving Success & Happiness - with Robin Sieger is a post from: Food For Fitness
What is emotional eating? From a craving that won’t go away, to eating when stressed at work, to celebrating success with a piece of cake, we all are emotional eaters.
However, some people turn to food for the wrong reasons and it can result in growing waistlines and unhealthy food associations.
In this episode of the podcast, Sport and Exercise Psychologist Dr Tracey Devonport explains the causes of emotional eating and how you can combat it. We’ll cover food cravings, being mindful, tips to combat eating when stressed, how to prevent children becoming emotional eaters, the difference between overeating and binge eating, the causes and symptoms of binge eating, the willpower consequences of being overly restrictive, why chronic dieting can lead to cycles of poor eating and lots more.
FFF 045: Understanding Emotional Eating & The Psychology Of Food Binges - with Dr Tracey Devonport is a post from: Food For Fitness